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Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after passage of H.R. 2262 the SPACE Act of 2015, legislation that facilitates a pro-growth environment for the developing commercial space industry by encouraging private sector investment and creating more stable and predictable regulatory conditions:

Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after passage of H.R. 880 the American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015, legislation that extends and makes permanent the research and development tax credit:

Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after voting in favor of the America COMPETES Act, a fiscally responsible bill authorizing necessary scientific research while staying within the cap set in the Budget Control Act for FY16:

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement on the House’s passage of an annual spending bill to fund the offices of members of the House of Representatives as well as the agencies related to its security, resources for visitors and funding to maintain its operations and infrastructure:

Washington, DC – U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions (R-TX), chairman of the House Rules Committee, today issued the following statement after voting in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act as well as an amendment to strike language that would allow illegal immigrants to serve in the U.S. military:

“Allowing illegal immigrants to serve in our military is wholly inconsistent with thoroughly vetted Republican philosophy.